The addition of three new minor chords to this week's lesson gives us a total of six chords to learn songs with. These six chords will provide you with the opportunity to play literally hundreds of country, blues, rock, and pop songs.
If you need to refresh your memory on which chords we've learned so far, you can review the major chords from lesson one, and the minor chords from lesson two. Here are a few of the songs you can play with G major, C major, D major, E minor, and A minor chords:
Take it Easy - performed by The Eagles
NOTES: You know all of these chords, but this song will take you a while to play well. For now, use a basic strum (only slow downstrums), and switch chords when you reach the word that the new chord is above.
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Mr. Tambourine Man - written by Bob Dylan
NOTES: this tune will also take a while to master, but if you keep at it, you'll make progress quickly. For strumming, either strum four slow strums per chord, or, for a challenge, use the hard strumming pattern that we learned in this lesson.
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(this mp3 is the more famous version of the song by The Byrds.)
About a Girl - performed by Nirvana
NOTES: Again, we won't be able to play the entire song, but the main part we can do rather easily, as it only contains an Eminor and Gmajor chord. Play the song as follows: Eminor (strum: down, down up) Gmajor (strum: down up down up) and repeat.
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Brown Eyed Girl - performed by Van Morrison
NOTES: We learned this song last lesson, but try it again, now that you know how to play the Eminor chord we didn't know before.
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